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PHAI Urges HUD to Expand Proposed Smoke-free Public Housing Rule to All HUD-Funded Housing

The Public Health Advocacy Institute submitted comments to a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to make its public housing smoke-free. The proposed rule would affect 1.1 million households, but leave 3.4 million other HUD-funded households unprotected.  These include the agency’s tenant-based and project-based rental assistance. PHAI argues that […]

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PHAI’s Chris Banthin Quoted in Boston Globe Article on Smokefree Homes

The April 30th edition of the Boston Globe featured an article authored by correspondent Peter Keogh entitled: “The Plight of the Smoking Man.” The piece explained the difficulties that some smokers have faced in the wake of increasing restrictions on smoking, including in many multiunit residential buildings.  While the article spends some time exploring the

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PHAI’s Gottlieb co-authors new study showing increased tobacco smoke expsoure of kids in multi-unit housing

Today, Wilson et al., published a new study in the journal Pediatrics demonstrating that children who live in homes in which no one smokes inside have a 45% increase in cotinine levels if they live in apartments compared with detached homes. The findings came through analysis of data from the 2001–2006 National Health and Nutrition

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PHAI Addresses tobacco industry’s use of corporate social responsibility tactics and personal responsibility rhetoric

On June 29, 2010, the Public Health Advocacy Institute conducted a webinar on the tobacco industry’s use of corporate social responsibility rhetoric and tactics to try to improve its image, while still maintaining an emphasis on personal responsibility. Tobacco companies use corporate social responsibility rhetoric and tactics to normalize their image and stave off further

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PHAI’s Gottieb co-authors piece in NEJM: Puffing in public housing poses serious health risks to tenants

Media contacts: Valerie Wencis, Massachusetts General Hospital, 617.726.0274, vwencis@partners.org Todd Datz, Harvard School of Public Health, 617.998.8819, tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu Barry Wanger, Northeastern University School of Law, 617.965.6469, barry@wangerassociates.com Researchers examine risks and consequences of cigarette smoking to all inhabitants of multiple-unit housing; challenge status quo BOSTON– In an effort to protect children from harmful tobacco smoke exposure, health

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PHAI Attorney Chris Banthin Appears on WGBH with Boston Mayor Tom Menino to Discuss Smokefree Public Housing

The City of Boston is taking a leadership role in making public housing smokefree.  Today, PHAI’s Chris Banthin appeared on a panel with Boston mayor Tom Menino on WGBH FM’s Callie Crossley Show to discuss why smokefree public housing is the right thing to do.  Chris directs the Massachusetts Smoke-Free Housing Project. Listen to the

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PHAI Publishes Issue Briefs on Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Makeover

YEAR ONE – CORPORATE MAKEOVER The Public Health Advocacy Institute, supported by the American Legacy Foundation, has completed a year of research on the tobacco industry’s attempted corporate makeover, and has created five issue briefs on the topic.  A 60 minute Webinar was broadcast on May 11, 2009 and is archived HERE.  They highlight various

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